Thread: a pair of altoonas

i got this pair in a bulk lot of razors. thought i would use them to practice some restoration skills. (also my first go at bread knifing! the white scaled razor needed when i got it and i dropped the orange scaled razor and had to do it for that one as well.)

can anyone help with any more info on the history of them? from what i can understand they were from a hardware store? in Altoona, Pennsylvania whos manager/owner was elias batrus. would this be correct?



i couldn't keep the etching on the blade with the orange scales that said " Mr Edward'

i am pretty happy with the end result. still has some character pitting though

Nice Job! Altoona.....Isn't that where Aunt Una was from??

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Nice Job! Altoona.....Isn't that where Aunt Una was from??

Had to goggle that one Thomas.
How the hell would you know that? I thought you were cool.
I stand corrected.
Har!!!!

Originally Posted by Tarkus

Had to goggle that one Thomas.
How the hell would you know that? I thought you were cool.
I stand corrected.
Har!!!!

I AM cool! I remembered when Donna Summer played Erkel's Aunt Una from Altoona on 'Family Matters' years ago!

Donna Summer- Last Dance (Family Matters) [digital] hi*fi

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I AM cool! I remembered when Donna Summer played Erkel's Aunt Una from Altoona on 'Family Matters' years ago!

Donna Summer- Last Dance (Family Matters) [digital] hi*fi

I'm officially de-friending you right now!!!

Originally Posted by Tarkus

I'm officially de-friending you right now!!!

Too young to remember disco, eh?

Elias Batrus was born in 1891, He ran a store in Altoona, Pa selling mens Furnishing and dry goods. Mainly proeminent in the 1920's. I ran across a couple more Barus razors and they were also stamped Germany, that said more then likely your pair comes from Germany as well, made for Batrus. Still a high quality German made razors.